And not to mention theres no required ready-reserve. Since nearly everyone lives at base, all you have to do is be able to answer the call within 15 minutes, and show up in 1.5 hours ready to fly. Go paint your house, take to dog for a walk, play Call Of Duty MW3, what ever...just wait for the call, throw on the tie, and out you go. 150% overtime pay, 175% per minute early, and almost guaranteed overtime. Yeah, base pay sucks. Pick up the phone on your day off, do some extra flying, and make it work. How do you think the Manager at McDonalds got to his "prestigious" position? For a little while, he flipped some burgers (ok horrible example). Do your time, learn what you can, earn what you can, and make the best of it. Because my definition of "PATHETIC" is the trolls (50% of this forum) that sit on these forums belittling every person who would take this sort of job because it is unethical by their standards. Dont have anything constrictive to say? Go complain to your union rep, not people who are here for actual intellectual information.
On a side note--- Interviewed on Wednesday, was told to wait at least a week, maybe two, for an answer. Anyone in the same boat?